Time controlled reminder apparatus



S. TOY. Y TIME CONTROLLED REMINDER APPARATUS.

AAPPLICATION FILED IIIAR. I6,` 1921. 1,416,910. Patented May 23, 1922.

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TIME-CONTROLE@ REMINDER' ArARATUs Application led 'March 16, 1921. Serial No. `452,712.

Be it lnovvnthat I, SAMUEL TOY, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Boston, in the county ofSuiolk and `*State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and ruseful Improvements in Time-Controlled Reminder Apparatus, ot which the iollovving is a specification. u

My invention relates to timev controlled reminder apparatus and it has for its object to provide an improved time controlled apparatus of this character which' may be adjusted manually so as to operate automatically at a predetermined,futurejtime tocall attention to memoranda requiring attention at that Yfuture time. i

To this end my invention consists ofa time controlled memoranda apparatus ot the class described having the novel features of construction and peculiar mode of operation set forth in the following description and particularly pointedv out and deiinedin the claims at the close thereof.

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Figure 1 is a iront elevation, partly broken away and in section, of a time controlled reminder apparatus constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig.. 1.

Figure 3 is a section on line 8-3 of Fig. 2.

Figure ll is a. detail in perspective of one o-t the solenoids hereinafter referred to.`

Figures 5 and 6 are details relating to the clock mechanism hereinafter; referred to.

Figure 7 is a diagram illustrating the wiring ot the apparatus shown in Figs. "i and 2. l

The embodiment oi my invention herein .shown comprises a cabinet 1 Whose front Wall 2 is made with a circular opening 8 Within Which is secured a pane of glass Ll. lThe cabinet is provided upon its interior and near the lower end -thereof with a horizontal partition 5 which, together with the bottom Wall (S, side Walls 7 and 8, and backivall't),

YWithin the cabinet 1, just back ot' the frontv Wall 2 thereof, and parallel with the latter, is a vertical Wall lll made from Wood er other insulating material, upon the outer faceofwhichfisa circular series ot contacts of which there t, are three hundred and sixtysix. 'Each contact 15 is made With a shanlrl extending through vand fixed in the Wall lhysaidshank beingvadapted vto have an electric conductorwire 4'fastened to its inner end. The circular series oi' contacts 15 is disposed concen'trically about the axis of Tashaft17fcarrying contact arm 18, which, by rotation of shait 17, is caused to traverse thecircularseries of 'contacts 15.

`The "shaft 17 is journaled in a bushing forming part of the `frame 19`of a clock mechanism l2O and carries a `gear 21 driven through a train 'ofggears 22 by `a spring 23 connected with a'shaft 24, said shaft carryingfthe 'frstfgearof the traini22. A pendulum 25 pivotall-y supported at 2.6 is provided With a pallet 27 of usual construction co-operating Withaw-pallet Wheel 28 tast on the sha ft 29p.` This shaft 29 isconnected through a train of gears `30 with agear 3l. loosely mounted on `the shaft' 24: and carrying a pawl 32 rengaging a ratchet Wheel 33 on shaft`24. The pendulum 25 and the mechanism through `which it. is connected With the shaft 24 constitutes the usual governor mechanism ot rthe clock. The governor mechanism together With the train ot' gears 22 causesthe Y'spring 23 to rotate the shaflt 1.7 and contact 'arm 18 once in every three hundred and sixty-six days, or, roughly speakinggonce every year, a-ndsince there are three hundred andsiXty-siX of 'the contacts 15," it Willfbe clear that the contact arm 18 will pass iromj'one` contact 15 to the next every twentydour hours.

HThe shaft 24- o'f the clock mechanism is squared at its righthand end, Fig. 2, to receive upon ita key by'means of which the spring k23 is Wound up, access to the clock mechanism forthe 'purposes of adjustment or 'revvin'ding being had through a lremovable panel 341 forming part of the rea-r iva-ll of the cabinet. v

The cabinet 1 .is constructed with a top Wall hinged at 36 to therear Wall l and f provided at its front edge With a depending front wall `section, 2L1 consisting in part of a pane of .glass37 through `which the upper portion of the interior of the cabinet maybe seen. By swinging `the top Wall 35 upwardly on its hinge 36 access may be had to the upper portion of the cabinet. This upper portion of the cabinet is divided horizontally by a partition 38 between which and top wall 35 is a compartment 39 containing three hundred and sixty-six card holders 40, each constructed with a pair ot spring jaws 41, F igs. 2 and 4t, adapted to grip a card between them and hold the same in an upright position. Each card holder L.i0 is fastened to the upper end ot a core member t2 comprising a metal middle section which serves as the core for a solenoid winding 14. The lower end portion ot each core member 42 extends through a horizontal partition 45 and is provided at its lower end with a head 4-6 adapted by its engage ent with the under side of partition 1-5 to serve as astop to limit the upward movement of the core oi the solenoid.

The trent portion of the cabinet 1 is constructed with a shelf t7 provided with twelve tapped holes in each ot which is mounted a manually and vertically adjustable screw contact 48, co-operating at its inner end with a separate. fixed contact 49 within the cabinet. There are twelve oi these contacts i9 iixed in position upon the inner side of the section 2b ot the liront wall. oi the cabinet. one for each screw 41-8, and, as stated, there are twelve screws 18, one tor each month of the year.

The front wall section 2b is disposed a short distance to the rear ot the upper end of the front wall 2 so as to provide another shelf 50 constituted by the forward end ot partition 38. This shelf 50 is provided with thirty-one tapped holes in each oit' which is mounted a. manually operated screw contact 51 Cooperating at its inner end with a iixed spring contact 52 fixed to the under side ot partition 38. There are, as stated, thirty one adjustable screw contacts 51. one Yfor each day of the month, and upon the out-- side of the frame ot the cabinet adiacent each of said contacts is a number corresponding with the number ot the day ot the month represented by that contact. .LLdjae cent each screw contact 48, also. is the naine of the month represented by that contact.

Within the cabinet and near the iront thereof is an electrically operated bell 53 and a battery 54. The iront wall 2 oi the cabinet immediately in :trout ot bell 53 is formed with apertures so that the bell may be clearly heard trom the outside of the cabinet.

The operation of my improved apparatus is as follows: The user desiring' to set the apparatus so that it will operate automatically to call his attention at a i'uture nate to memoranda, removes one of the cards trom drawer 11 and writes the memoranda upon the same. There are `three hundred and sixty-six card holders 10. one for each day of a leap year, and each holder is inscribed with the name ot the day represented by it. ilheretore, after writing the memoranda upon the card the user liits the cover 35 and places the card within the holder l-O repre senting or corresponding to. the day upon which he desires to have. his attention at- -racted to the memoranda. He then manually turns down against its Contact t9 the screw 48 ot the month within which that day occurs and also screws down against its contact 52 the Screw 51 correspendingl with the selected day ot that month. Now, when the contact arm 18, during` its movement over the series of contacts 15, passes on to contact 1:3 correspondin` with the selected day for which the apparatus has been adjusted. the circuit through the solenoid winding ot thel card holder ,l-O within which the card was placed completed, thus energizing the solenoid and causing it to li'lt the solenoid member 4t2 connected with said card holder. upwardly until its stop engages the partition 15. At the same timethe circuit is completed through the bell which audibly signals the user and attracts his attention to the memoranda card which has been lifted as described. ln Fig. 2 one ot the core members 4t2 is shown in its uppermost position with the card held thereby litted above the plane ot the other cards and separately displayed. The contacts 15 and contact arm 18 are preferably so constructed that the latter dwells upon each contact .7 tor a period of about eight hours. Ot course upward movement ot either screw i8 or 51 breaks the circuit through the solenoid energized as described and at the same time breaks the circuit through the bell fill. y

l have herein provided means lor audibly signalling` the tact that the spring' 23 needs re-winiiling` when such is the case. said means including` a tilted contact 57 mounted on partition 5 in position to be engaged by the spring' 2B when the latter 'is fully nnwound. The spring and contact 5T are arranged in a shunt circuit 58. Fig. i', including' the bell 53 so that it will be clear that. when the spring' becomes uuwound it will engage contact 5T thereby closing; this shunt and opellating;l the bell. Y

The wiring; of the apparatus. see Fig'. T. includes thirtvonc conductors 59. each connected at one end with one oi" the thirtyone fixed contacts 52. The conductor that is connected with the lirst contact at thc lett in Figs. 1 and T. is also connected by wires Gil with all twelve oi' the first day solenoids `llt; thc conductor 59 that is connected with the second contact 52 also vconnccted by wires 60 with lall twelve oi the second day solenoids il. and in like 'fashion throughout the series ot contacts 52 the latter are connected cach with the twelve or less solenoids del; corresponding` with the days ot the several months represented by the manually operated switch ot which each olf said contacts forms part.

At the start of a year the contact arm 18 occupies a vertical positionabove the shatt 17, and during the operation of the machine said arm travels in a clockwise direction over the series oi' day contacts l5, as well as over a concentric series of seggjmental month contacts 62. The twelve month contacts 62 are fixed to the outer lace ot' wall 14 and as arm 18 rotates it acts as a bridge to successively connect the month and day contacts. The iirst month Contact 62 is positioned and made of a length to be engaged by arm 18 whil the latter is triwersingthe `iirst thirty-one day contacts l5 which are allotted to the thirty one days of January; the second month contact 62 is in engagement with arm 18 while the latter is traversing1 the next twenty-nine day contacts 15 which are allotted to the month ot February; the third month Contact 62 is in engagement with the arm 18 while the latter is traversing the next thirty-one day contacts 15 which are allotted to the month oit March, and so on throughout the series of month contacts 62.

The month contacts 62 are connected by wires 63, each with one of the lined contacts 49, the January month contact 62-being connected with the contact 49 ot the Jau switch 48-49; the February month contact 62 with the contact 49 ot' the cFeb switch 48-49, and so on throughout the series ot month contacts.

The tapped holes within which the twelve screws 48 are mounted are all termed in a single metal conductor strip 64 set into and forming` part et the shelt 4", while the tapped holes within which the thirty-one screws 51 are mounted are all termed in another single metal conductor strip 65 set into and 'forming part ot the other shelt 50. T he conductor strip 64 is connected by wire 66 with one binding post ot bell 53 whose other binding post is connected by a wire 6T with one pole of battery The other pole ot battery 54 is connected by a wire `68 with the other metal conductor strip 65.

The day contacts 15 are connected by wires 69, each with one oiz the solenoids 44, the iii'st, second, third, etc., contacts ot the group of day contacts 15 opposite each month contact 62 being` thus connected in circuit with the iirst. second, third, etc., solenoids, respectively, of the group ot' solenoids alotted to the month corresponding' to said month contact. That is, the winding` ot' each solenoid is connected by a wire 69 with the day contact 15 corresponding to the day and month inscribed upon the holder 40 o'l said solenoid.

From the diagram, F ig'. it wiil be clear that while arm 18 is upon any one oi? the month contacts 62 whose month switch 48-49 has been closed, said month contact is electrically connected through wire 63; its closed month switch 48-49; wire 66; bell 53, and wire 67, with one pole of battery 54, and that it the arm 18 passes onto aday contact '15 that is connected through its wire 69g solenoid 44; wire 60 and wire 59, with a day switch 51-52 that is closed, then a circuit will be completed by arm 18, acting a bridge, through said solenoid and the bell 53. This circuit is traced as follows: From one pole ot battery 54 throusgg'h wire 67, bell 53, wire 66, conductor strip 64, the closed switch 48- 49, wire 63 leading` 'from the latter, the month contact- 62 with which said wire is connected, arm 18, the day Contact 15 then engaged by said arm, the wire 69 connected with said day Contact, the solenoid with which said wire is connected, the wire 60 ot' said solenoid` the wire 59 to which said wire 60 is ioined, the closed day switch 51-52, conductor bar 65 and wire 68 to the opposite pole of the `battery.

rllhus by closing the month switch 48-49 and day switch 51-52 corresponding with any one or more selected days oit' the year, the apparatus may be adjusted so that it will operate automatically upon those days to sound a signal and display the memorandum cards placed in the holders corresponding with those days.

What I claim is:

1. An apparatus of the character described comprisingv a plurality of electrically operated memoranda displaying` instruments; circuits in which said instruments are arranged; a set oi manually adjusted month switches and a set of manually adjusted day switches by means ot which sets of switches said circuits are prepared 'for selective operation, and clock mechanism by which said circuits are selectively operated according to the adjustment ot said switches.

2. 11n apparatus of the character described comprising a plurality of electrically oper'- ated memoranda. displaying instruments; lcircuits in which said instruments are arranged, and manually adjusted means including clock mechanism by which said circuits and instruments are selectively operated at predetermined times.

3. An apparatus 'of the character described constructed in accordance with claim 2 and haring also an audible signallingl instrument that is automatically operated each time one of the memoranda displaying` instruments is operated.

4. in apparatus of the character described comprising a plurality of electrically operated memoranda displaying` instruments; circuits in which said instruments are arranged; an electrically operated audible signalling instrument in circuit with said memoranda displaying instruments, and manually adjusted means including 'clock mechanism tor selectively operating said circuits and displaying instruments at predetermined times and iior operating said signalling instrument each time one ot said displaying instruments is operated.

in apparatus or the character described comprising a cabinet made with a card hold" ing compartment; a plurality ot electrically operated meniorainla ilisplaying struments mounted Within said cabinet; each constructed with a movable card .holding member normally occupying a retracted position; circuits in which said instruments are arranged; an electrically operated signalling instrument Within said cabinet and in circuit with said memoranda displaying instruments; a `battery within said cabinet and in circuit 'with said displayingl instruments and said signalling instrument; and manually adjusted means including clock mechanism for selec tively operating said 'circuits and said displaying instruments to project the card holding members tliereoit at predetermined times7 and for operating said signa-lling instrument each time one oli' said displaying instruments is operated.

6. in appara-tus of the character described comprising a plurality ol electrically operated memoranda displaying instruments; a battery; conductors ior connecting each ot said memoranda displaying instruments with one pole o't the battery; a set ol manually adjusted and normally open day switches each cimtrolling one of said conductors; a circular series or relatively short fixed day contacts; conductors for connecting each day contact with one ot said displaying in struments; a circular series ot relatively long lined month contacts; conductors Yfor A connecting each month Contact with the opposite pole oit said battery, and a second set ot manually adjusted and .normally open month switches each controlling one ol said last mentioned conductors.

ln testimony whereof I have aliixed my s ign ature.

SAMUEL TOY. 

